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Join My Book Club!

So, here’s the idea. Friday will be Preternatura Book Club day. Each Friday, I’ll talk in some depth about what’s happening in two chapters of our chosen book, then we can chat about what we’ve read. There will be spoilers, so read along if the book is new to you–unless you don’t mind spoilers. It’ll take a while to get through a book, and we might decide to speed it up, but for now let’s say two chapters a week.

For the first book, I thought we could start with something a lot of us are familiar with but don’t mind revisiting–that way, if you don’t have time to read along, you can still drop in and join the discussion. But I want you guys to choose which one you want to read. If it’s the first book in a series, we’ll see how it’s working and decide if we want to continue with the series or move to something different. So, here are some choices. Comment and tell me what sounds fun:

1. The first Black Dagger Brotherhood novel, Dark Lover, by JR Ward2. The first Sookie Stackhouse novel, Dead Until Dark, by Charlaine Harris (and we can compare notes with what happened on “True Blood” as well)3. The first Mercy Thompson novel, Moon Called, by Patricia Briggs4. The first Harry Dresden novel, Storm Front, by Jim Butcher5. The first Hollows novel, Dead Witch Walking, by Kim Harrison 6. The first Kitty Norville novel, Kitty and the Midnight Hour, by Carrie Vaughn

I’ll take votes through the week and make the announcement on Friday as to which book we’ll be reading, and when we’ll start. This could either be lots of fun or a total flop, but let’s give it a try!

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About Suzanne Johnson

Author of urban fantasy, paranormal romance, and suspense. As Suzanne Johnson, she is the author of the Sentinels of New Orleans urban fantasy series (Royal Street; River Road: Elysian Fields, Pirate’s Alley, Belle Chasse, Frenchmen Street (March 2018). Writing as Susannah Sandlin, she is the author of the Penton Legacy series (Redemption; Absolution; Omega; Storm Force; Allegiance; ILLUMINATION); The Collectors series (Lovely, Dark, and Deep; Deadly, Calm, and Cold); and the Wilds of the Bayou series (Wild Man’s Curse; Black Diamond).

Dead Until Dark, by Charlaine Harris is my choice. I tried reading the book once before and couldn’t get through it, but I love the show. Maybe if I have people to talk with about it, I might enjoy the book more.

Second choice is Dark Lover, by JR Ward. Read it and loved it. I wouldn’t mind reading it again.

My vote is for The first Hollows novel, Dead Witch Walking, by Kim Harrison. These books are full of so many interesting sub plots and the way she builds the characters through out the series is just yummy!

Thanks, guys! @Lisa, that’s what I’m hoping–that by only doing a couple of chapters a week, folks can squeeze it in–or just join in the discussion.

Looks like “Dead Witch Walking” is the front runner so far, with “Dark Lover” and “Dead Until Dark” a distant second. We’ll keep up with it during the week and I’ll tally up the winning book on Friday!

I bet it would be much easier if everyone would just pick ONE book they want to start with, but we aren’t nice like that–at least I’m not…I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE those BDB boys, and can always talk about them, and I love me some Sookie (Say it with me…”Sooookeh”) and since True Blood is about to have a new season, that might be good, BUT I have a TBR list that includes:

Moon CalledStorm FrontAND Dead Witch Walking, they are already on my Kindle, patiently waiting…so one of those three would get my vote!

I kind of like the idea of going with the Sookie books, just because we can add the “compare to True Blood” aspect to our discussion. But I agree, 2 chapters a week should be doable even for the stories I haven’t read.